At the moment there is the first press conference int the Festival's press room due to the presentation of the 56th pre-program of Dubrovnik Summer Festival.

 

It is a great pleasure to invite you to take part  in a press conference on 12 May at 01:00 p.m. in  City Hall in Mostar due to Dubrovnik Summer festival's guest performance  at Matica Hrvatska Days with a play "An Island on Which Time Has Stood Still" (on 13, 14 May; Under the Old Bridge) directed by  Vanja Matujec and performed by Festival Drama Ensemble. The play was nominated by Croatian Association of Dramatic Artists  in 2 categories: for the best child's play and for the best male part in child's play.

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Fokus: 40. obljetnica Linđa

Zagorski list: Mali spomenar

 

American Theatre Magazine published the annual calendar of international theatre festivals, featuring dates, photos and contact information for summer events worldwide. Plus, first-hand reports on indigenous theatres from around the world, including Dubrovnik Summer Festival.  American Theatre Magazine one of the most important American Magazines  published an article and a photo of a play "Grižula" that You can see this summer in Dubrovnik. Under title  "All the world's a stage" written by Nicole Estvanik and  Cassandra Johnson You can find the text with a brief review of "Grižula" and an announcement of this season's drama program.

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Elite: Kristina Krepela

Zadarski list: Tankerska plovidba i Maraschino jedini prepoznati

Dubrovački list: Program dubrovačkih kinematografa za prosinac
                           Kazalište Isprazni
                           Wellcome to Dubrovnik

 

Music & Opera Newsletter -The international guide to the new season of music and opera published in its Summer Festivals 2005 edition the advertisement with the pre-program of the 56th Dubrovnik Summer Festival accompanied by the photos (design by Laboratorium) on the second page of the cover, but also gave highlights of music program of the festival in the pages dedicated to Croatia.

FESTSPIELE Magazin, one of the most important European music magazines, dedicated 2 pages to Dubrovnik Summer Festival in its latest edition! A text titled "Schone Utopie"(Beautiful Utopia), written by Branimir Pofuk gives only a piece of what will be happening on Dubrovnik streets, forts, palaces, museums...FESTSPIELE Magazin has been devotedly following Dubrovnik Summer Festival for last three years by publishing its program, photos and critics. In the same issue of this magazine, stories and interviews with stars, such as Ramon Vergas, whose concerts became tradition at the Dubrovnik Summer Festival, Ricardo Muti, Zubin Mehta, and Jose Carreras were published. The magazine also presented the world best manifestations and Dubrovnik Summer Festival is included on the list!

 

On the 26th of June 2005 at 11 a.m. a round table took place in foyer of Šibenik Theatre under supervision of Mr. Ivo Brešan. Mrs. Jasenka Ramljak, director of International Children’s Festival, Mr. Ivica Kunčevic, drama program director of Dubrovnik Summer Festival, Mrs. Vanja Matujec, author and director of the play “The Island Where The  Time Has Stood Still”, reporters, photographers, and the little ones; editors- reporters of children’s bulletin were present at this event.

 

The requests for accreditations for the 56th DSF will be accepted from June 10, 2005. to July 05, 2005.

We are inviting you to join us at the 56th Festival opening press conference on 8th of July at 11 a.m. in newly opened VIP internet caffé, at the address: St. Đurđe 2.

The press conference will be held by Ivica Prlender, general director of the Festival, Ivica Kunčević, drama program director, Neven Frangeš, music program director, and Dubravka Jusić, manager of corporate communications at VIPnet.

The ceremonial conference of the Festival Council chaired by Minister Biškupić, will be held on Saturday, 09th of July at 06.00 PM in the Festival palace.

You can download the text from the bottom of the page

It is our pleasure to invite you to the press conference on 15th of July at 1 PM in press conference room of Dubrovnik Summer Festival’s Palace where you will be introduced to Croatian National Theatre of Zagreb and LADO-national folk dance and song ensemble of Croatia. In addition, DSF Drama director Neven Frangeš will introduce brand new concept of midnight program and the first artists who will perform in this series, Luka Šulić and Tilen Artač, cello players.

  

 

On today’s press conference that was held in Dubrovnik Summer Festival’s Palace, it was talked about the performance of Croatian National Theatre of Zagreb, A Streetcar Named Desire, which will take place tonight in Fort Revelin.  

Dinko Bogdanić, ballet director of Croatian National Theatre of Zagreb, pointed out that original set is intended for a smaller, more intimate environment however, to adapt to the proportion of the fort, they had to made some set changes.

These days reporter of the Next Magazine Lai Kar Man Josephine and photographer Yuk Yiu Eden are with us in Dubrovnik. Next Magazine is the most popular and the best selling Chinese weekly magazine. Its first copy was published in 1990 and since then Next Magazine has received 8 awards from different publishers and journalist associations.

After journalist-reporter duo, Man Josephine – Yuk Yiu Eden, who came all the way from China to write about the Festival for very popular Chinese weekly magazine named Next Magazine, several prominent journalists from our continent have arrived in Dubrovnik. Polish journalist Andrei Moskvine who is writing for Ruch Muzyczny is here, as well as journalist of Providence en Espagnol, Thomas Gentile.

Compliments to the organizers for Antigone, Queen in Thebes. It s nice that audience in Dubrovnik can attend a performance  from Split Summer Festival. I hope there will be more of this kind of sharing in the future...

Nora

 

It is our pleasure to invite you to the press conference on 23rd of July at 10 AM in DSF press center where Chinese cellist Trey Lee, winner of the 2004 International A. Janigro Cello Competition, who will play the same evening together with pianist Hans Eijsackers in Rector’s Palace Atrium, will be presented to you.

Purcell Quartet and dancers Ana Yepes and Nick Nguyen will also attend the press conference. Their musical-dance performance is on 24th of July in Rector’s Palace Atrium.

 

We indeed have 2 great musical- dance performances ahead of us!

Today at the press conference in DSF press center, the performance of known Asian artist Trey Lee was announced.

On Sunday in Rector’s Palace, Purcell Quartet and dancers will have their extraordinary musical-dance performance, which is called “Les Dances du Roi."

It is our pleasure to invite you to the press conference on 25th of July at 11 AM in DSF press center due to the first premiere at 56th Dubrovnik Summer Festival. It is going to be a premiere of love tragedy called Ondine, directed by Krešo Dolenčić.

European Union Baroque Orchestra and Croatian mezzosprano Renata Pokupić, who will perform on 26th of July in Rector’s Palace Atrium under the baton of conductor Lars Ulrik Mortensen, will also be introduced at the press conference.

Today there was a press conference held in DSF press center due to this year’s first premiere and tomorrow’s performance of great Croatian mozzosoprano soloist Renata Pokupić.

We would like to inform you that there has been a programme change concerning the venue of the play Cvijeta Zuzorić quasi una fantasia by Matko Sršen. Instead in Lazareti, the play will take place in Rector's Palace Atrium on 28th of July at 00:00.

 

Today at DSF press center, a conference has been held where soloists of Vienna Philharmonics who perform under name of Wienna String Quartet, Olli Mustonen, as well as tomorrow’s play Equinox were introduced.

Today at DSF press center, a conference has been held due to tomorrow's performance of play Cvijeta Zuzorić quasi una fantasia. Play director Matko Sršen, actresses Anja Šovagović Despot and Doris Šarić Kukuljica, DSF drama direcor Ivica Kunčević, and DSF musical director Neven Frangeš, who wrote the music for the play, have attended the press conference.

Today at the DSF press center the press conference has been held where Kun Woo Paik, one of today’s most prominent musicians, has been introduced.

Kun Woo Paik will perform Beethoven's opus tonight in Rector's Palace Atrium.

TV crew that consists of Steve Janas, Jerker Olsson and Andres Nilsson are staying in Dubrovnik from 3rd to 7th of August 2005.  They will be recording an half hour modernisticly outlined show about Dubrovnik, which will run on cable TV across USA.   

Performance of folk ensemble Linđo on 5th of August on Revelin Fort Terrace aroused great interest of this charming trio.

 

Today at the DSF press center a press conference has been held where japanese violinist Midori, one of today’s most prominent musicians, has been introduced, as well as excellent results that official website of Dubrovnik Summer Festival at www.dubrovnik-festival.hr measures and for whose implementation company Perpetuum Mobile is in charge.

FESTSPIELE Magazin, one of the most important European music magazines, dedicated 2 pages to Dubrovnik Summer Festival in its June edition! A text titled "Schone Utopie"(Beautiful Utopia), written by Branimir Pofuk gives only a piece of what was and what is still happening on Dubrovnik’s open air stages.

Rosi Pritz, chief editor of this popular and good selling magazine is with us in Dubrovnik. In next few days she will attend all performances on the program of the Festival, therefore tonight she will attend performance of Musicians of the Globe.

In summer edition of GS Review, magazine of GS Hotels and Resorts group by Goran Štrok, 3 pages are dedicated to the 56th Dubrovnik Summer Festival. The article, along with many photographs, brings short history and summary of last year’s Festival and it’s success in national and international media. In addition, the article brings up sales data and internet services that the Festival provides.
The article titled "International stars returning to Dubrovnik 2005" emphasised performances of Ramon Vargas, Kun Woo Paik, Midori,and Moscow Virtuosi with Vladimir Spivakov as the ones that shoul not be missed.

It is our pleasure to inform you that Carolina Romano and Vicenzo de Luca, reporters of Itialian independent newspapers Il Corriere Del Sud have arrived in Dubrovnik and will be reporting about Dubrovnik Summer Festival. They will attend performance of Linđo and the last concert of Dubrovnik symphony orchestra.

It is our pleasure to invite you to the press conference on 25th of August 2005 at 11 AM in DSF press center where concept of final midnight DSF concert J. Lewis: A day in Dubrovnik will be introduced. The concert will be conducted by maestro Vjekoslav Šutej, performed by Zagreb soloists; Boško Petrović, vibraphone; Neven Frangeš, piano; Mario Mavrin, bass; Martin Drew, drums.
The concert will take place in front of St. Blaise’s Church at midnight and afterwards Libertas flag will be scaled down from Orlando’s column. Festival will then be proclaimed closed.

 

In 56th Dubrovnik Summer Festival program, more then 2000 artists from around 20 countries ( England, Slovenia, Austria, China, Monaco, Korea, Russia, Finland, Japan, Czech Republic, Germany, India, Denmark, Egypt, Mexico, France, Israel...) took part and performed 90 programs on 19 ambiental venues:
34 drama 36 musical 3 dance 12 folk 5 other programs – homage a Zvonimir Lončarić, movie projection, book promotion, projection of world's best ads.
Due to whether conditions one play was cancelled: the second performance of Don Quijote on 22 of August

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